HEBRON, July 25, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers Wednesday arrested three Palestinians and settlers attacked several others in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, according to local and security sources.

They told WAFA that Israeli soldiers arrested Tamer Jabarin, 22, and Mo’tasem al-Natsheh in the city of Hebron after raiding their houses and ransacking their contents.

Coordinator of the popular committee against settlements and the Apartheid Wall in Beit Ummar, a town north of Hebron, Mohammad Awad told WAFA that Israeli forces raided the town and arrested a teenager.

Israel detains 77 Palestinians from Beit Ummar, more than 45 of them are under the age of 18, added Awad.

In addition, Israeli settlers in Sosiya settlement in the south Hebron hills attacked residents in the nearby village of Sosiya, while settlers in Hebron city assaulted several Palestinians in Tel al Rumeida neighborhood under the Israeli army protection.

R.Q.